Batya Friedman

13.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
130 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Batya Friedman is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Sociology and Political Science and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Batya Friedman has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 50 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 17 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Batya Friedman's work include Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (46 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (24 papers) and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (16 papers). Batya Friedman is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (46 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (24 papers) and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (16 papers). Batya Friedman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Batya Friedman's co-authors include Peter H. Kahn, Helen Nissenbaum, David G. Hendry, Alan Borning, Daniel C. Howe, Emily M. Bender, Lisa P. Nathan, Brian T. Gill, Nathan G. Freier and Jennifer Hagman and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Communications of the ACM and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Batya Friedman

125 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Bias in computer systems 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 1996 2018 2019 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Bias in computer systems
    1996 651 citations Batya Friedman et al. profile →
  2. Value-sensitive design
    1996 544 citations Batya Friedman profile →
  3. Data Statements for Natural Language Processing: Toward Mitigating System Bias and Enabling Better Science
    2018 434 citations Batya Friedman et al. profile →
  4. Value Sensitive Design
    2019 351 citations Batya Friedman, David G. Hendry profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Batya Friedman 2.1k 2.0k 1.4k 1.3k 1.3k 130 7.3k
Lucy Suchman 4.5k 2.1× 3.9k 1.9× 1.6k 1.1× 713 0.5× 1.6k 1.2× 94 13.5k
Michael Müller 1.9k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 567 0.4× 603 0.5× 227 7.3k
John Zimmerman 1.3k 0.6× 3.9k 2.0× 804 0.6× 489 0.4× 852 0.7× 213 7.8k
Tom Rodden 1.9k 0.9× 4.3k 2.2× 890 0.6× 243 0.2× 715 0.6× 255 8.4k
Kori Inkpen 1.2k 0.6× 2.9k 1.4× 778 0.6× 317 0.2× 759 0.6× 158 6.1k
Edwin Hutchins 1.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 198 0.2× 2.6k 2.0× 53 10.8k
Peter Wright 4.3k 2.0× 3.4k 1.7× 557 0.4× 274 0.2× 1.3k 1.0× 303 13.6k
Jodi Forlizzi 1.9k 0.9× 7.1k 3.5× 3.0k 2.1× 815 0.6× 5.2k 4.0× 244 15.0k
Karrie Karahalios 2.1k 1.0× 804 0.4× 1.5k 1.1× 721 0.6× 440 0.3× 168 5.9k
Kate Crawford 3.3k 1.5× 576 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 2.3k 1.7× 337 0.3× 109 9.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Batya Friedman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Batya Friedman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yoo, Daisy, Tilde Bekker, Peter Dalsgaard, et al.. (2023). More-Than-Human Perspectives and Values in Human-Computer Interaction. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1–3. 22 indexed citations
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Friedman, Batya, et al.. (2021). Introduction to the special issue: value sensitive design: charting the next decade. Ethics and Information Technology. 23(1). 1–3. 5 indexed citations
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Hendry, David G., et al.. (2021). Value sensitive design as a formative framework. Ethics and Information Technology. 23(1). 39–44. 24 indexed citations
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Friedman, Batya & David G. Hendry. (2019). Value sensitive design : shaping technology with moral imagination. MIT Press eBooks. 1–11. 91 indexed citations
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Borning, Alan, et al.. (2018). What pushes back from considering materiality in IT?. 1–6. 7 indexed citations
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Friedman, Batya. (2013). Agents of value. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Nathan, Lisa P., et al.. (2011). Multi-lifespan information system design. 591–597. 15 indexed citations
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Friedman, Batya, Alan Borning, Janet Davis, et al.. (2008). Laying the foundations for public participation and value advocacy: interaction design for a large scale urban simulation. 305–314. 32 indexed citations
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Friedman, Batya, Peter H. Kahn, Jennifer Hagman, Rachel L. Severson, & Brian T. Gill. (2006). The Watcher and the Watched: Social Judgments About Privacy in a Public Place. Human-Computer Interaction. 21(2). 235–272. 92 indexed citations
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Borning, Alan, Batya Friedman, & Peter H. Kahn. (2004). Designing for Human Values in a Urban Simulation System: Value Sensitive Design and Participatory design. Participatory Design Conference. 68–71. 15 indexed citations
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Kahn, Peter H., Batya Friedman, Deanne R. Pérez-Granados, & Nathan G. Freier. (2004). Robotic pets in the lives of preschool children. 1449–1452. 67 indexed citations
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Preece, Jenny, et al.. (2003). Spam, spam, spam, spam. 706–706. 5 indexed citations
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Friedman, Batya. (1997). Human values and the design of computer technology. 207 indexed citations
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Friedman, Batya, et al.. (1997). Reasoning about computers as moral agents: a research note. 28(1). 201–205. 13 indexed citations
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Kahn, Peter H. & Batya Friedman. (1996). "Who'd Want To Walk Around Smelling Air That Stinks All the Time?: African American Parents' Views on the Environment and Environmental Education.. 1 indexed citations
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Friedman, Batya, et al.. (1996). Minimizing bias in computer systems. ACM SIGCHI Bulletin. 28(1). 48–51. 8 indexed citations
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Kahn, Peter H. & Batya Friedman. (1995). Environmental Views and Values of Children in an Inner-City Black Community. Child Development. 66(5). 1403–1403. 93 indexed citations
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Friedman, Batya. (1995). “It's the computer's fault”. 226–227. 48 indexed citations
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Friedman, Batya. (1990). Bringing knowledge of women mathematicians into the mathematics classroom. Mathematics and computer education. 24(3). 250–253.
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Friedman, Batya. (1990). Moral Responsibility and Computer Technology.. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 7(3). 233–44. 7 indexed citations

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